Whether we are sitting in leisure or running to catch a cab, a bus, or a train, the stresses and strains on your body can sometimes cause you to lose alignment of your body. This is what leads us to have lower back pain, limited flexibility, and localized pain in our joints. This is true even for those of us without problems with some type of arthritis. Keeping your body in proper alignment begins with wearing the right athletic shoes whenever you are stressing your body. The AMA has published results of a study that shows more than 50 percent of all Americans experience regular problems with lower back pain.

 

The Right Shoe For You

 

The right shoes can make the difference between feeling great and fulfilled after your workout, commute, long sit in the office or at home, and feeling the sad, distracting fatigue of chronic lower back pain. Selecting the right athletic shoe is perhaps the most important element you can completely control in your exercising, whatever form it takes. Finding the right shoe for you can be a challenge, considering how many choices we now have in footwear, and the wide variability in quality.

 

A Problem Beyond the Activity

 

When we strain to bend over and lift something, or to climb stairs, or to walk down a garden path, we sometimes experience pain that we tend to immediately blame on the activity of the moment. The truth is that the pain is often a symptom of a larger issue with your body alignment. Specifically, it often results from a build up of dynamic tension on the hip flexors over a period of time. The pain you feel is easily remedied, at least to a significant level, by wearing athletic shoes that are designed to directly support a healthy alignment.

 

For more information, see Best Athletic Shoes for Lower Back Pain.